1. Explain the meaning of the word "calorie" to some one who has never heajd the word before. 2. Explain why it is important to think about calories in plan- ning food for a meal. ^ For further work of this kind, see Foods and Household Manage- mentf Kinne-Cooley, and Laboratory Handbook for Dietetics, and Food for the Family, Mary Swartz Rose, The Macmillan Co. 28o FOOD AND HEALTH 3. Why is the loocalorie portion of lettuce so much larger than the lOO-calorie portion of meat, butter, and sugar ? 4. Can you decide what kind of meals Mrs. Allen gave to her husband that would lower the number of calories ? 5. Why did Mr. Allen need fewer calories in his diet ? Lesson 29 ^ buying and selling foods On the farm we raise much of our own food, but there are some things that we must buy. What ought we to learn about buying food ? What can a girl do about selling food products ? It is very easy for people living in the country to buy many articles by mail, for there are large firms that send out catalogues of everything that is needed about the house and farm. Miss Travers from the State College said that we should be careful to send our orders to firms that are known td be good. It is possible that some things are made under conditions that are bad for the workers, and the goods be thus made unsanitary for the buyers. Miss Travers told the club that her college had studied carefully the question of buying by mail, and had found that, when the women bought in the nearest town, they did quite as well in regard to price, and had the advantage of seeing what they were purchasing. On the other hand, Miss Travers appreciated the fact that, in winter weather and when work at home is heavy, ordering by mail is much more convenient. In buying food it is an economy, when there is storage OTHER FACTS ABOUT FOOD 281 room, to order large quantities from a wholesale dealer, — as sugar and flour, by the barrel. Honest weights and measures. When we buy food in packages, in cans or bottles, we want to be sure that we are given the correct weight or measure. Is it not a good thing that our Government at Washington is help- ing us in this way ? On May 11, 1914, at Washington, United States Department of Commerce, Circular of the Bureau of Standards, No. 66. Fig. 125. — Weights and measures that all housekeepers are advised to use. D.C., the regulations were signed which make the man- ufacturers tell the weight, volume, and contents clearly on their packages of food. This applies to the whole country. The law itself was passed in 1913, but no one was made^ to pay the penalty for disobedience until September, 1914. Some states and cities have laws of this kind. The Bureau of Commerce has also pub- lished a pamphlet telling about household weights and measures. Here is a picture (Fig. 125) of the weights and measures that all housekeepers are advised to use. For 282 FOOD AND HEALTH there is only one way that you can be absolutely sure ; that is, to measure and weigh what you have bought. One of the business men of Pleasant Valley was so in- terested in this pamphlet that, he bought a set of scales and measures for the school, that the pupils might learn how to weigh and measure accurately, and to test pack- ages. The pictures that follow show some of the frauds used by dealers!. One of the trickis of tlje trade is fo use liquid measure instead of dry measure for certain food materials. You can see what a difference it makes the beans m m United States Department of Commerce, Circular TTirriit-o mA, of the Bureau of Standards, No. 66. ^ IgUlC 1 J,\J, Look Fig. 126. — See what a difference it makes to use at the plCtUre (Fig. liquid instead of dry measure for beans. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ bottlcS.

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1. Explain the meaning of the word "calorie" to some one who has never heard the word before. 2. Explain why it is important to think about calories in planning food for a meal. ^ For further work of this kind, see Foods and Household Managementf Kinne-Cooley, and Laboratory Handbook for Dietetics, and Food for the Family, Mary Swartz Rose, The Macmillan Co. 3. Why is the loocalorie portion of lettuce so much larger than the lOO-calorie portion of meat, butter, and sugar ? 4. Can you decide what kind of meals Mrs. Allen gave to her husband that would lower the number of calories ? 5. Why did Mr. Allen need fewer calories in his diet ? Lesson 29 ^ buying and selling foods On the farm we raise much of our own food, but there are some things that we must buy. What ought we to learn about buying food ? What can a girl do about selling food products ? It is very easy for people living in the country to buy many articles by mail, for there are large firms that send out catalogues of everything that is needed about the house and farm. Miss Travers from the State College said that we should be careful to send our orders to firms that are known td be good. It is possible that some things are made under conditions that are bad for the workers, and the goods be thus made unsanitary for the buyers. Miss Travers told the club that her college had studied carefully the question of buying by mail, and had found that, when the women bought in the nearest town, they did quite as well in regard to price, and had the advantage of seeing what they were purchasing. On the other hand, Miss Travers appreciated the fact that, in winter weather and when work at home is heavy, ordering by mail is much more convenient. In buying food it is an economy, when there is storage room, to order large quantities from a wholesale dealer, — as sugar and flour, by the barrel. Honest weights and measures. When we buy food in packages, in cans or bottles, we want to be sure that we are given the correct weight or measure. Is it not a good thing that our Government at Washington is helping us in this way? On May 11, 1914, at Washington, United States Department of Commerce, Circular of the Bureau of Standards, No. 66. Fig. 125. — Weights and measures that all housekeepers are advised to use. D.C., the regulations were signed which make the manufacturers tell the weight, volume, and contents clearly on their packages of food. This applies to the whole country. The law itself was passed in 1913, but no one was made^ to pay the penalty for disobedience until September, 1914. Some states and cities have laws of this kind. The Bureau of Commerce has also published a pamphlet telling about household weights and measures. Here is a picture (Fig. 125) of the weights and measures that all housekeepers are advised to use. For there is only one way that you can be absolutely sure; that is, to measure and weigh what you have bought. One of the business men of Pleasant Valley was so interested in this pamphlet that he bought a set of scales and measures for the school, that the pupils might learn how to weigh and measure accurately, and to test packages. there is only one way that you can be absolutely sure ; that is, to measure and weigh what you have bought. One of the business men of Pleasant Valley was so interested in this pamphlet that, he bought a set of scales and measures for the school, that the pupils might learn how to weigh and measure accurately, and to test packages. The pictures that follow show some of the frauds used by dealers. One of the tricks of the trade is to use liquid measure instead of dry measure for certain food materials. You can see what a difference it makes the beans m m United States Department of Commerce, Circular TTirriit-o mA, of the Bureau of Standards, No. 66. ^ IgUlC 1 J,\J, Look Fig. 126. — See what a difference it makes to use at the plCtUre (Fig. liquid instead of dry measure for beans. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ bottlcS.

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